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Patricia Underwood

Assistant Professor

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Patricia Crowley Underwood, Ph.D., FNP-BC, RN, is an assistant听professor and the Program Director for the Family Nurse Practitioner Program听at the Connell School of Nursing. She is also an Endocrine Nurse Practitioner at the听VA 艾可直播 Healthcare System. She earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and her master鈥檚 and doctoral degree from 艾可直播 College. Dr. Underwood鈥檚 pre- and post-doctoral work focused on identifying biomedical and genetic markers associated with hypertension and听diabetes mellitus (DM). Subsequent work focused on developing and evaluating nurse-led interventions to improve health outcomes for surgical patients with poorly controlled DM. Her clinical practice focuses on veterans with diabetes and the delivery of DM self-management technology (insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors) in the virtual setting. She is the recipient of many awards including听Young Investigator Award at NINR/NIH as well as a statistics fellowship at听the听University of Basel, Switzerland.听

Selected Appointments and awards

  • 2017: ICARE VA Award
  • 2012:听NIH/NINR 25th anniversary Meeting Abstract Award: Young Investigator Award

clinical practice

Veterans with diabetes and the delivery of diabetes self-management technology (insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors) in the virtual setting

Selected Publications

  • Underwood P., Hibben J., Gibson J., DiNardo M. (2022). Virtual visits and the use of continuous glucose monitoring for diabetes care in the era of COVID-19. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 34(3). 586-596. DOI: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000659.听
  • Czarnowski, K., Silver, C., Wood, B., Underwood, P., & Patel, D. (2019). Retrospective Analysis of Liraglutide as Add-On Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Quantifying the Changes in Insulin Requirements. Federal Practitioner, 36(2), 83-87.听
  • Garg, R., Schuman, B., Bader, A., Hurwitz, S., Turchin, A., Underwood, P., . . . Lortie, M. (2018). Effect of Preoperative Diabetes Management on Glycemic Control and Clinical Outcomes After Elective Surgery. Annals of Surgery, 267(5), 858-862.听
  • Garg, R., Hurwitz, S., Rein, R., Schuman, B., Underwood, P., & Bhandari, S. (2017). Effect of follow-up by a hospital diabetes care team on diabetes control at one year after discharge from the hospital. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 133, 78-84.听
  • Garg, R., Metzger, C., Rein, R., Lortie, M., Underwood, P., Hurwitz, S., . . . Schuman, B. (2016). Nurse practitioner-mediated intervention for preoperative control of diabetes in elective surgery patients.听听Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners,28(10), 528-533.听
  • Underwood, P., Seiden, J., Carbone, K., Chamarthi, B., Turchin, A., Bader, A. M., & Garg, R. (2015). Early Identification of Individuals with Poorly Controlled Diabetes Undergoing Elective Surgery: Improving A1C Testing in the Preoperative Period. Endocrine Practice, 21(3), 231-236.听
  • Baudrand, R., Goodarzi, M. O., Vaidya, A., Underwood, P. C., Williams, J. S., Jeunemaitre, X., . . . Pojoga, L. H. (2015). A prevalent caveolin-1 gene variant is associated with the metabolic syndrome in Caucasians and Hispanics. Metabolism, 64(12), 1674-1681.听
  • Wysocki, K., Underwood, P. C., & Kelly-Weeder, S. (2015). An essential piece of nursing's future: The continued development of the nurse practitioner as expert clinician and scientist.听听Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(4), 178-180.听
  • Underwood, P., Askari, R., Hurwitz, S., Chamarthi, B., & Garg, R. (2014). Preoperative A1C and clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes undergoing major noncardiac surgical procedures. Diabetes Care, 37(3), 611-616. DOI: 10.2337/dc13-1929听

Selected Presentations

  • Underwood, P. (2022, October). Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Disease in Women [Presentation]. Women鈥檚 Health Symposium, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States.
  • Underwood, P. (2022, October). Clinical Updates in Type 2 Diabetes Management. Presented at the VA 艾可直播 Nurse Practitioner Residency Program, 艾可直播, Massachusetts.
  • Underwood, P. (2022, November). Clinical Overview of Diabetes Technologies. Presented at VA Health Care System Continuing Education, 艾可直播, Massachusetts.

Selected Awards & Appointments

  • 2017: ICARE VA award, 艾可直播, MA
  • 2015: VISN1 VA Improvement Summit Award, 艾可直播, MA
  • 2012:听NIH/NINR 25th anniversary Meeting Abstract Award: Young Investigator Award, Bethesda, MD
  • 2011:听Endocrine Society: Recipient of Presidential Poster Competition Award, 艾可直播, MA
  • 2011:听University of Basel Nursing School: Basel Switzerland: Statistics Fellowship

Professional Activities

2021 National Organization for Nurse Practitioner Faculties
2015- Current Member, Massachusetts Coalition for Advanced Practitioners
2014- Current Member, American Academy of Diabetes Educators
2013- Current Member, American Diabetes Association
2011- Current Member, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners